>> it made me want to cry so much. it was so painful. >> a trip to the pool turns into a nightmare. what this boy accuses the lifeguard of doing. >> the swine flu claims another life in maryland. why things could get worse very soon. >> the heat has cooled off on for now. but threat of storms coming up. tell you when things really heat up. >> when we engage every day in banks. >> day on the street with the trash police. the way they are cracking down tonight. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. a 9-year-old boy claims a lifeguard bit him at a city pool. >> and the mother of the child said that incident led to another frightening discovery. karen parks joins us with the discovery you are seeing first on on fox tonight.

>> ian was shocked that a 17-year-old lifeguard would bite him. his mother said she tried to talk to supervisors at recreation and parks and gave her the run around. now she is afraid he may have terrorized other kids that are too scared to speak up. >> me and smi friends were playing, and we made a house out of foam. >> ian was playing here at the aquatic center in northwest baltimore, july 31. >> then the lifeguard came upstairs, and he messed up our little house. so i went over there and smacked him in the arm. >> he says that 17-year-old lifeguard retaliateed. >> then he picked me up and bit me. >> leaving marks two weeks later. >> it was like having your arm punched together by two rocks very hard. and it just made me want to cry so much. it was so painful. >> i was upset.

>> his mother alycia approached the teen. >> he said well i always play with the kids. and i said aren't you supposed to be in the pool? why would you bite him. well he bit me. he pointed to his hand and i look at it and saw nothing. >> she rushed him to the hospital. the diagnosis, a human bite. afterwards she filed a report with the department of juvenile services and what she learned there was shocking. >> she said he was on probation. doubt on he would lessen it. so going to make him write a letter of apology. >> the department of recreation and parks said the case is under investigation and every employee working with children undergoes fingerprinting and background check. and released this statement. an offense does not preclude you from working in the department. >> it could have been so much worse on. and if that's his attitude that it is no big deal. then maybe he should not be working with kids. >> it is not a very good thing to do to a 9-year-old, because because he is a little younger than you, and you are almost a

full grown adult. i mean, like, you are messing with a 9-year-old kid. i don't think that's right. >> while the case is under investigation the 17-year-old lifeguard is still working at the aquatic center. karen parks, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> the parade of town halls on health care reform continues today. democratic senator arrest lan specter of pennsylvania held his fourth townhall in three days. this one about a hour northeast of pittsburg. >> everybody that has a private plan can keep the private plan that they have if they want to keep it. >> and that's the reaction he got. minutes into the townhall meeting. majority of the audience was against many of the reform proposals. >> freshman representative mike kaufman faced a crowd in littleton colorado earlier today.

>> the republican congressman said he agrees with many of president obama's points but he is concerned about the cost of health care reform. and he also oppose the public auction. kaufman said he would introduce an amendment to require lawmakers to use the public option, if it passes. that brought a big applause from the crowd. >> residents of oklahoma were able to voice their concerns it to a lawmaker today too. >> i am an unemployed rural oklahoman. what can i do to change that if it gets crammed down my throat? or before it is crammed down my throat? >> republican senator colburn listened to a crowd in tulsa. hundreds showed up there. many in the crowd were worried about government control. colburn said health care reform is needed but not president obama's plan. the tough townhall debates over health care seem to be hurting president obama's popularity. according to an average of the approval polls, 53 percent

approve of the job he is doing now. 40 percent disapprove. obama's approval rating is as low as 47 percent in one poll. now the effect of the protest at townhall meetings appears to be mixed. gallop poll showed 34 percent of americansed the townhall meetings have made them more sympathetic to the protestors, and (inaudible) 36 percent, however, say that all the yelling has not made a bit of a difference. >> down to the question of the day. have the townhall protests made you more sympathetic with the views of the protestors? a 43 percent say more. 36 percent say less. 21bers say they have made no difference at all. >> as people go to these get-togethers, they bring their anger with them, of course. but why are so many townhall meetings getting out of hand. jeff abell reports on what has little to do with health care reform. >> if we don't get health care costs under control, our

national debt will continue to grow. >> senator cardin called this meeting to talk about health care. but soon found it difficult to keep many in the townhall meeting on topic. >> we have won the iraq war. i don't want -- >> next question. >> many in the crowd of 400. stepped to the mic to vent about other issues. >> how could you in good conscience vote to give yourself and all the senators that. >> we have failing va hospitals, failing public education. >> your government has lost the fades and trust of the american people. >> these townhall meetings are erupting with townhall anger. >> people proud of being american and identity hate their government. >> political scientist crimson said the furir goes beyond health care. >> watched while the government bailed out banks and other financial institutions, when they subsidize, disputeed

billons of dollars. and although many economists and newspaper columnists tell us this is bringing about an end to the recession, they have not seen it yet. >> this is really not about health care reform or insurance reform. it is a bill about government control. >> until the recession improves, experts predict the townhall anger will grow louder. >> how are we supposed to have any faith in you. >> jeff abell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> meantime political experts have no idea whatsoever what the anger will have on the outcome of the debate. >> police arrest a man that held a sign reading death to obama. outside wednesday's townhall meeting in western maryland. sign also aimed offensive remarks at the first family. police detained the unidentified 51-year-old man. at hagerstown community college where senator cardin held the meeting. and turned over to the secret service. >> we have more of yesterday's townhall meeting with senator

cardin on our website. log onto foxbaltimore.com and click on "raw news". >> well, the white house said it is trying to push back against what it calls misinformation about health care reform. the administration has created a website to get the message across. and today, it started a viral e-mail campaign. >> one of the reasons we have pushed back is because of the misconceptions. some of the misconceptions contributed to the poll numbers? i don't doubt that. >> the president has two more town halls this week. >> all the noise over health care has completely overshadowed the actual facts of the plan. president barack obama has said if you like your doctor, keep your doctor. he says the same goes for your health care plan. bill adare from politifact.com said in theory that is true but there are still concerns. >> given that this will dramatically change the marketplace of health care insurance. we don't know if any given health insurance will be offered the same way in a few years. >> on the issue of rationing meantime adare said private

health insurance plans ration by what is covered and not. and nothing in the house bill addresses that. >> stay with us for the latest on the debate over health care reform. >> we have breaking news out of downtown baltimore. there was a car accident tonight that involved baltimore olympian michael phelps. keith daniels is live on the scene with the latest. keith, what can you tell us. >> well, jennifer live at north calvert and bit tell street. two car collision. you can see behind me police are still here. flashing lights are going. in fact, we have police spokesman here to tell us more about the accident. first of all, it happened before 9:00. >> before 9:00. vehicle collision at calvert and bit tell street. police are on the scene investigating. our accident investigation unit is here along with central unit investigators. >> how did it happen. >> we know there was a collision. accident investigation unit is investigating putting pieces

together. one of the drivers was michael phelps. the driver of the other vehicle was transported to shock trauma. where she is evaluated as precautionary matters. and michael phelps has no interest. >> he is not injured but one woman is transported to the hospital. where is michael phelps now? >> he is being interviewed by the police. >> by police. is he here on the scene? >> we will not say. but he is identified putting the pieces together. >> what has he said? >> being interviewed right now. i don't know. >> thank you very much. >> that's police spokesman from baltimore city. two car collision at north calvert and east bit tell. one woman is hurt. she is at the hospital. police say it doesn't appear that michael phelps was injured. he is being interviewed now by police. we will have more on this as more information becomes available. back to you. >> all right, keith thank you for the update tonight. of course, we will bring you any information that we get as soon as it becomes available to us. >> yeah. absolutely. lets change gears now to the weather forecast.

beautiful night for a preseason football. >> here is chief meteorologist vytas reid with the sky watch forecast. hi vytas. >> great night for the first game tonight against the redskins. but seeing clear skies, which is good news. showers in the neighborhood earlier today. it has pushed out. leaving us with quiet conditions out there. looking at sky watch hd radar. scanning the sky. no activity. you can see to the south clear conditions. we did have showers earlier today. looking at the showers dissipating over the region. so it looks like the chance for rain is going to continue to lessen as we go through the overnight. looking to the northwest up towards the great lakes. not any activity. nice quiet conditions. that's a hint of things to come as we go down to the weekend. as high pressure moves in. once again looking at clearing conditions overnight. high today 84 degrees. comfortable day. we did have early morning showers, but most of that has continued to push south. and we might get another chance for stray shower tomorrow. but right now comfortable temperatures. 77 degrees in baltimore. 77 in d.c.

overnight tonight, we could get down to 72. tomorrow morning's rush hour, 71. a little morning fog to contend with. patchy around the area. so drive carefully. looking at 75 degrees. only a 20 percent chance for a pop-up shower. i will have a colors look at the weekend forecast coming up in a bit. >> thank you, vytas. >> you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i array dar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >> well, summer is almost over. school is almost here. >> but one thing many of us have been waiting for, started tonight. >> the baltimore ravens took to the field for the first preseason game this year. of course that brought out the tailgateers. game is almost over. and kristen berset will have the highlights tonight in "sports unlimited". >> now, if you have a story to tell, we want your take. upload pictures, video and

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>> closer look at the case against a teenager accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl. what do gps records show? and will video of the shooting actually help or on hurt the state's case. reporter joy lepola has the latest tonight. >> as attorneys on both sides build their cases, evidence is beginning to mount. just days ago video of the shootings was released. questions now center around whether the person seen here pulling the trigger is 17-year-old lamont davis. a juvenile under gps monitoring at the time. >> there is a resident zone set up. >> in an interview fox 45 news sat down with a representative from i secure track, the company that supplies and monitors gps devices for the state of maryland. >> this device is worn around the ankle. personal tracking unit is

carried with the youth. >> gps records released wednesday by the department of juvenile services indicate davis was in compliance at the time of the shootings. some sources suggesting records show davis was at home around 4:00 on july 2. when 5-year-old raven wyatt was shot. >> as long as they have the units we can tell where they are at. and we can tell when a crime is commit. >> but even the company admits the tracking is not full proof. >> there are ways that you can get around the tracking of a one piece unit. just are there are ways to try to thwart the system. >> besides gps records there is the video from the cameras that both sides will likely reference. but whose case does it help the most? numbers show the state has dismissed hundreds of cases in which the footage was included as evidence. >> davis' attorney said the video proves the shooter is not wearing a gps ang let. >> it is certainly not a slam

dunk. >> last year alone, prosecutors dismissed nearly 500 cases, where the pole camera footage was used as evidence. >> what it shows is that there are so many other factors that contribute to a successful prosecution. the evidence, the witnesses, the time line, the police officer. all of that is very valuable to a successful prosecution. >> as for the role the evidence will play in davis' case that will be up to a jury to decide. in downtown baltimore, joy lepola fox 45 news at 10:00. >> as of tonight davis goes to trial october 2. >> new evidence shows what happened when the driver of a truck hit and killed a man riding his bike near charles village last week. memorial at the intersection where john gates was hit and killed. and an attorney for the yates's family said surveillance that has not been released said the truck took a right turn without a signal and caused the crash. the video however does not show the license plate or any other

identifying marks on the truck. >> a judge in charles county resigns after an incident near a courthouse in l.a. la plate ta. he admits he let the air out of a rear tire of a car in front of courthouse. the judge said someone was parking in a restricted zone and left notes for the driver. and said deflating the tires was less of a hassle than having is the car ticketed or towed. the driver said she never received a note or a warning. >> in less than two weeks, state of maryland will slash its budget by $400 million. but this week, hundreds of state and county officials are gathering for a big convention in ocean city. it features a crab feast and private receptions, and in some cases, tax payers are picking up the tab. we have more from ocean city. >> while there are spouses and families enjoy the beaches and boardwalk, hundreds of state is

officials descend on the convention center. it is the annual maryland association of county's convention and it is a must for governors, lieutenant governors, members of congress, and baltimore's mayor. >> to be able to have time, one-on-one, in small groups, to really discuss some of the challenges and issues that we face, in good times and in bad. >> and the theme of the congruence? riding the economic cycle. there are workshops seminars on how government can do more with less. but in many cases, your tax dollars are paying for those attending. >> many members of the general assembly are here. but registrations are paid for by maryland association of counties. and they are not allowed to be reimbursed by the state for hotel or other expenses. >> but most state and county bureaucrats are reimbursed for hotels and meals. >> we have to be given some flexibility in our own budget. to handle the cuts that the state feels they have to impose.

>> while governor o'malley is canceling his own reception to save money. mayor sheila dixon is still hosting a baltimore city reception. cast aways restaurant. a party paid for not with taxpayer dollars but a corporate done on nar. rice consulting. >> good way to network and relax for the evening. >> many time, the clarion hotel is where baltimore executive jim smith is hosting his own reception. a party he says is being paid for by campaign funds. >> i have had that party every year and no county funds have ever been spent on the party. >> because of the economic downturn, some county executives have decided to stay away from the maco conference. >> i think in these difficult financial times we need to use good judgment and not spend taxpayer money for such events. >> we should not short-circuit the sort of interactions, dialogues and sharing of best practices that happens here.

>> maco officials say the timing of the conference is crucial. renewed effort to make government more efficient. ocean city, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> well, leaders of baltimore city and several area counties have scaled back on the number of employees sent to the year's maco conference. >> unusual series of attacks on the state of delaware. hitting people with blow darts. this person hit riding a bike training. delaware police say the shooter is striking at random. but victim is always on the side of a road. police are trying to find the shooter before they say the injuries get worse. >> baltimore cities new trash plan promisess to save millions and make baltimore cleaner and greener. but does not mean a thing to illegal dumpers that do not follow the rule. tonight a ride with the city trash enforcers. >> the whole object is we want people to put the trash out the right way.

>> on the streets of baltimore. >> we are committed to a cleaner baltimore. >> there is a new, and dirty, battle being waged. >> what we engage in every day is all out attack on banks. >> army of code enforcement agents. >> there is a vacuum, buckets, other debris. >> targeting violators. you can find illegally dumped trash across every neighborhood. >> 1215 north elwood. raymond small wood. how about $150. >> since mid july when a new trash pick up plan began. booker and his team of enforcement officers had written more than 3500 citations for illegal dumping. >> i don't think this behavior right here is related to one plus one at all. >> for booker and his team. >> i have got something. >> catching the violators is a dirty and, sometimes, dangerous job.

>> ripping up the mail. scratching it out. trying to start confrontations. >> but it is also about educating. and passing on the message of a cleaner and greener baltimore. >> what i don't desire to do is i don't desire to issue $300 of citations for this right here. for the -- cheaper to get the trash. do you agree with that? >> city house code enforcement agents dig through the trash looking for any evidence of its owner, and once they find it. >> this is all 1215 elwood. >> a fine of $150 will find its way to the owner. >> we are not going to give up the fight. continue to pound until we can, you know, get the attention of the person that owns that property. >> well, to report illegal dumping in your neighborhood or to learn when the new trash pick up is, call throw 11. . >> trying to boost forces in afghanistan. washington times is currently

working on a story about the how the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is trying to figure out how to get more combat personnel without increasing the total number of u.s. troops. >> he is looking at support troops in afghanistan, who are often in operating bases and not war fighters and seeing if he can significantly cut those troops, and replace them with the kind of front line soldiers that would be necessary fighting the new insurgency. >> also in the washington times, slow pace of the economic stimulus spending and why the townhall meetings in iowa have been so peaceful of late. for these stories and much more, go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the washington times icon. >> slight chance for storms continues through tomorrow. when we might see rain again coming up in the sky watch forecast. >> later on fox 45 news at 10:00. why one of the bombers of pan am flight 103 could be let out of jail.

>> it can be a struggle to make sales. >> but next. what can help th

. >> many, many short change restaurants and stores shut their doors at baltimore inner harbour. >> is this a dwindling economy

or has the harbor lost the spar kel. karen parks look at how the inner harbour is trying to stay afloat. >> the harbor has been a constant in my life. >> jeffrey hawkins has sat here at the harbor for years. >> i have seen the harbor go from primarily industrial, before any of harbor place ever started, to what it is now. >> taking in the sights. >> today, yeah, i am surprised how little foot traffic there is down here. >> and the sounds. >>. >> i am surprised how quiet it is on a summer weekend. this was always some small band playing, juglers by the flag. you know, something going on. and right now, just, i don't know, seems dead. >> he says it is the economy taking its toll on a baltimore landmark. >> i have been here seven years. >> dominic describes another dismal pick. >> 60 percent of the mall is empty. empty. that says a lot. >> he works at the fudge ree, a

place that tastes as sweet as it sounds. >> it can be a struggle to make sales. we are sales oriented store. >> the harbor place and the gallery shopping complex at the inner harbour has been losing some of its highest profile tenants as the recession beats down business. >> fudge ree, and across from it used to be the discovery channel store. that's no longer there. day-in and day-out we get a question about where is starbucks, you know, we have only one starbucks, now and used tosh two. >> while new businesses are moving in and appear to be doing well. the shopping complex has also lost premium stores like white house black market. abet and j. crew. >> sheer sign that the economy is having an effect on something that should be long here. >> we tried to include management here at the complex to get their perspective on the issue. but they declined to participate in our story. but all is not lost. >> well, it is great, our

attendance is actually up this year over previous years. >> just steps away from inner harbour, business at the aquarium is booming. with attendance ranging anywhere from 5000 to 10,000 visitors a day. >> you get a great experience with a 2-year-old and an 80-year-old. >> helping to bring down that sparkle baltimore's inner harbor is used to. >> we hear a lot from people in baltimore that live here, when they bring friends from out of town and come down here, they will say "i forgot how great it is downtown." . >> we see about the same number in terms of a foot traffic this year. but they are not spending as much. >> what better way to keep the crowds coming than offering something for free. >> we have activity carts on the weekends. and a park right here by the aquarium and by the visitors center, with activities that kids can play with. so they can help to make dinosaur masks and jelly fish.

hula hoops. balls. >> even though businesses are closing. there is less money spent, maybe, just maybe, hope for the harbor after all. >> i think the economy, when it gets better, will come back the way it was. or pretty close to it. it may take a year or two, but by no means do i think it is gone altogether. >> i think this is temporary. i really believe it is temporary. >> lets keep our fingers crossed. karen parks fox 45 news at 10:00. >> well, the waterfront is no longer mostly a place for visitors. >> according to downtown partnership of baltimore city, 40,000 people live there. and that number continues to rise despite the slow economy. >> later on fox 45 news at 10:00. a tv for $10? details about the deal that really was too-too good to be true. >> why one of the convicted

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>> good evening folks. looking at a pretty decent evening after we had a day of heat and humidity. sun and clouds. and even a few showers and thunderstorms around the area. but that all subsided as we look live down toward m&t bank stadium. ravens taking on the redskins. battling on the gridiron down there. good night to get out to check out the game. 75 degrees. few high thin clouds. winds out of the east at eight. and humidity levels sitting at 83 percent. our temperatures today. not too bad across the area. in fact, cooling off at this time at 74 degrees in harrisburg. 77 in baltimore. and 73 in pittsburg.

down south of us in richmond 75. and start off the weekend pretty decent temperature wise. but there will be warmer temperatures building in as we round out toward the end of the weekend. getting the temperatures back in the it is 90s. we had the stationary front that was helping to lift the atmosphere. few pop-up showers and thunderstorms here and there across the region. in the mid-atlantic. further west you see on the western edge of the mountains. clear skies over ohio, michigan, indiana. looking good back there. and that's a little bit of the high pressure that starts to move in and that will join us for the weekend. giving us clearing. and drying condition. now as we time this out. you can see some of the pop up showers and thunderstorms moving and subsiding south, and mainly breaks in the clouds. relatively quiet conditions through the overnight. in fact, our model data here on the future scan shows tomorrow morning's rush hour, 6 a.m., plenty of sunshine. maybe morning fog to contend with. give yourself extra time. patchy fog across the baltimore, washington area. so be prepared for that. but as we go through the afternoon. most of the shower activity

south of us. 20 percent chance for a pop-up shower somewhere in the region. but it looks like the best chance will be south of us. west of us will get more clearing through the overnight. and it looks like a decent evening all and all. as far as the eastern shore. here is the forecast. we will see the temperatures at 84 degrees. winds out of the east at five to 10. for you folks in chestertown, denton, easton and cambridge. central portion of the state. temperatures doping out around 85. with easterly wind at five. 20 percent chance for a stray shower. pair he hall, annapolis, perry hall and westminster. decent. high pressure is building in. behind the front. as it continues to subside south. this high pressure will eliminate the chance for showers and thunderstorms as we get into the weekend. all the moisture will move down over parts of southern virginia. eastern portions of north carolina. and we will continue to see the moisture move out over the atlantic. and we will continue to enjoy the high pressure through the weekend. but it will bring warmer temperatures in toward sunday and monday. 85 degrees downtown inner harbour. pleasant day.

20 percent chance for a shower. five day. continues as far as the temperatures are concerned, 86 on saturday. plenty of sun. sunday, 90. so you see the temperatures going up. and 90 on monday with sunshine. and then on tuesday, looking at 89 degrees. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your fingertips. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track coming storms. interactive tool lets you see exactly when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com. and click on i-radar. . >> more now on the breaking news out of downtown baltimore. there was a car accident apparently that involved baltimore olympic swimming champion michael phelps. go back to keith daniels live on the scene with more. we talked to you 20 minutes ago. what else have you found out. >> first off. live here at north calvert and bittle street. two car collision. police say michael phelps was driving his suv. there were two passengers in his car. and a woman was driving the

other car. now the accident happened just before 9:00 tonight. investigators say phelps was traveling east on bittle. the woman was driving north on calvert. the two vehicles collided and now police are trying to determine exactly what happened. and if alcohol may have been involved. >> if i got in an accident tonight on the way home, want to make sure i was not drinking. obviously alcohol was not a significant factor or that would have been evident. but we will wait for the sergeant accident investigation to give me a vice president and pass it along to you on. >> now, we are back here live. you can see where police are clearing the scene. that is michael phelps black suv, on the tow truck. the other vehicle is out of sight here. but, again, clearing the scene here at north calvert and east bittle. police say phelps was not hurt. paramedics did take the woman to the hospital. as a precaution. meantime, investigators say they are talking to michael at this

hour. they won't say where. whether it is downtown at the police headquarters or here at the scene. they are trying to determine what happened here. live in downtown baltimore. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. . >> a pilot has the luck of the irish on his side. john oshon see's aircraft has mechanical problems and made a emergency landing in the rough waters of the irish sea. immediately a row team caught it on tape. and call the coast guard that rescued him. >> one of the locker bee bombers could be released from prison. the scottish government is trying to decide whether to release 57-year-old man on compassionate grounds. he has terminal prostate cancer. he is serving a life sentence for the bomb oning that killed 270 people in 1988. the u.s. has taken a position

that he should serve out his entire sentence for his part in the bombing of pan am flight 103. >> next, on fox 45 news at 10:00. working on a cure for blindness. the medical break-thru allowing some people to see for the first time. >> and the deal on a beautiful tv that actually was too good to that means you can buy this silverado half-ton for $228

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. >> h1n1 virus claims the life of another marylander. sixth death in this state associated with swine flu. state health officials say the victim is an adult from the dc suburbs. they say the person did have other medical problems. officials expect more flu related deaths in the coming months. urge people to take advantage of the seasonal and swine flu vaccines when available to the general public. in fact, university of maryland school of medicine is taking part in a nationwide trials of the vaccination. >> amazing developments that may provide hope for curing blindness. surgeon figure out they can restore redness by rewiring the brain. researchers at the university of florida say three people that were all blind since birth, can now partially see out of one eye. after receiving experimental gene therapy in a portion of the

retina. >> this gene therapy clinical trial is truly a miracle. whoever thought that, you know, through science we could reverse blindness and give people sight they have never had. >> well doctors say one of the most interesting results of the study is how the brain found new ways to process what these once blind people were seeing for the very first time. >> well, it is called best buy and in this case the price may have been the best. >> but in tonight's "word on the web". judy kurtz explains why a deep discount on a tv at best buy was too good to be true. >> for a short time yesterday, you could natural a 52-inch tv for $9.99. brand new television that goes for $1700 was listed on best buy's website for under $10. some people did manage to take advantage of the amazing deal. the only problem, it was all a mistake. best buy issued a statement calling the discount an online pricing error. the company said while it has

corrected the issue and apologizes for the issue, it won't honor the incorrect price. >> there is not much that consumers can do at this point. it is classic case of buyer beware. and it is important for consumers to read the fine print. do homework. and sometimes when something seems too good to be true it might be. >> some customers are fuming that their bargain was bogus. one customer wrote on the website that the store has lost a customer for life. >> we have certainly like to gain you as a friend. fox 45 is on "facebook" and twitter. follow our behind the scenes tweet and check out our status updates, go to foxbaltimore.com and click on find us on "facebook" and twitter, under the community features section. i am judy kurtz, and that's tonight's "word on the web". >> football is finally here. and the ravens kicked off the preseason schedule tonight

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>> here is a final look at the seven-day forecast. tomorrow, looks like sun and clouds. 85 the high. 20 percent chance for a stray shower. saturday and sunday fabulous. 86 saturday. sunday, 90. and next week looks like it starts out warm. but then showers return on wednesday and thursday. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you, vytas. >> ravens' fans had to wait no longer, preseason football is here. >> an